| KLAMarine said: "As for the second bit, maybe if this wasn't a problem that had been going on for generations I would be able to agree with you. I would like it if people protested the "right" way, however, we have largely seen that protesting the "right" way hasn't worked." >The LA riots of the 90s didn't seem to do a thing to prevent Floyd's death either. Maybe rioting and looting isn't the way either? "More so, when someone does protest in a completely nonviolent way, they are still told "not here, not now, not like this, can't you do it in a way where we don't have to look at it". Like, I don't like violent protests, but all of this blood is on the hands of the system which has failed to implement change." >I'm still curious as to what change it is you'd like to see. When one sets out to achieve a goal, it's important to define that goal so that one can track progress and discern the moment it has been achieved.
I think Dr. King knew that and practiced non-violence his whole life and managed to get things done without rioting or looting. I'm sure he had his detractors that told him "that's not the right way", among them people like Malcolm X, but had Dr King resorted to violence, that would have been the moment his detractors would have gained higher moral basis to oppose him and potentially win allies that were sympathetic to King's goals but also very much opposed to violence. "I've quoted this a few times, but in the words of Martin Luther King Jr "a riot is the language of the unheard [...] And as long as America postpones justice, we stand in the position of having these recurrences of violence and riots over and over again. Social justice and progress are the absolute guarantors of riot prevention." >Officer Derek was fired and has been hit with murder/manslaughter charges. When person a kills person b, directly or indirectly, the appropriate course of action is to put that person on trial and carry out the sentence as given. Not sure what more one could want. Perhaps we could put in place measures to reduce the risk of mishap but I don't think there ever will be a time where we can reduce the likelihood of mishap to absolute zero. Law enforcement means confrontation of some sort is ultimately inevitable and there will never not be a potential for something somewhere to go wrong. How does one guard against human error? Against corruption? Against accident? One can try with great success but never perfect success. The potential for something going wrong somewhere will never be absolute zero. |
In response to the death of Martin Luther King Jr, 110 American cities started rioting. After the 6th day of riots, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 was passed. Note that.
— Toni Harris ✨ (@ToniHarris) May 31, 2020
Here is a gift to white people who insist they know what Martin Luther King Jr. would have said.
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